Printable and Complete List of Amazon Alexa Commands
Basic Amazon Alexa Commands for Amazon Echo
Ask for help: “Alexa, help.”
Mute or unmute: “Alexa, mute” or, “Alexa, unmute.”
Stop or pause: “Alexa, stop” or “Alexa, shut up.”
Change volume: “Alexa, set volume to 5,” “Alexa, louder” or, “Alexa, turn up/down the volume.”
Amazon Alexa Commands to Control Media
Play music: “Alexa, play some music.”
Queue specific song or artist: “Alexa, play music by [artist].”
Play a song based on context: “Alexa, play the latest Hardwired… to Self-Destruct album” or, “Alexa, play that song that goes “Nice to meet you, where you been.”
Play Spotify music: “Alexa, play on Spotify.”
Play Pandora station: “Alexa, play [artist] station on Pandora.”
Play a radio station: “Alexa, play [radio station] on TuneIn.”
Play an audiobook: “Alexa, play [title] on Audible,” “Alexa, read [title]” or, “Alexa, play the book, [title].”
Resume the last played audiobook: “Alexa, resume my book.”
Skip audiobook chapters: “Alexa, next chapter” or, “Alexa, previous chapter.”
Listen to Alexa read you a Kindle book: “Alexa, read me my Kindle book.”
Set a sleep timer: “Alexa set a sleep timer for 35 minutes” or, “Alexa, stop playing in 35 minutes.”
Song information: “Alexa, what’s playing?”
Music controls: “Alexa, play” or, “Alexa, next.”
Restart song: “Alexa, restart.”
Add a song to your Prime Music library: “Alexa, add this song.”
Like or dislike a song on Pandora and iHeartRadio: “Alexa, I like this song” or, “Alexa, thumbs down.”
Start Amazon Music Unlimited trial: “Alexa, start my free trial of Amazon Music Unlimited.”
Amazon Alexa Commands to Set Time and Date
Set the alarm: “Alexa, set the alarm for 7 a.m.” or, “Alexa, wake me up at 7 in the morning.”
Set a repeating alarm: “Alexa, set a repeating alarm for weekdays at 7 a.m.”
Set a timer: “Alexa, set a timer for 35 minutes.”
Set multiple timers: “Alexa, set a second timer for 20 minutes.”
Check timer status: “Alexa, how much time is left on my timer?”
Ask the time: “Alexa, what time is it?”
Ask the date: “Alexa, what’s the date?”
Ask when the next alarm is: “Alexa, when’s my next alarm?”
Cancel an alarm: “Alexa, cancel my alarm for 5 p.m.”
Snooze alarm: “Alexa, snooze.”
Check dates: “Alexa, when is [holiday] this year?”
Amazon Alexa Commands for To-do and Shopping Lists
Add a task to the to-do list: “Alexa, add ‘go to the grocery store’ to my to-do list” or, “Alexa, I need to make an appointment with the dentist.”
Create a new to-do item: “Alexa, create a to-do.”
Check calendar events: “Alexa, what’s on my calendar for tomorrow?”
Add an event to a calendar: “Alexa, add [event] to my calendar for [day] at [time]” or, “Alexa, add an event to my calendar.”
Create a shopping list: “Alexa, add croissants to my shopping list” or, “Alexa, I need to buy sports shoes.”
Check your shopping list: “Alexa, what’s on my shopping list?”
Amazon Alexa Commands to Know News & Weather
Ask for your Flash Briefing: “Alexa, what’s my Flash Briefing?”
Check headlines: “Alexa, what’s in the news?”
Check the weather: “Alexa, what’s the weather like?” or, “Alexa, will it rain today?” or even “Alexa, will I need an umbrella today?”
Get a weather forecast: “Alexa, what’s the weather going to be like this weekend?
Get traffic information: “Alexa, what’s my commute look like?” or, “Alexa, what’s the traffic like?”
Amazon Alexa Commands for Entertainment and Food
Find movies in nearby theaters: “Alexa, what movies are playing?” or, “Alexa, what action movies are playing tonight?”
Get information on movies playing: “Alexa, tell me about the movie [title].”
Discover nearby restaurants: “Alexa, find me a nearby Chinese restaurant.”
Get operating hours or a phone number for local businesses: “Alexa, find the address for Well Fargo” or, “Alexa, find business hours for Walmart.”
Get IMDb rating: “Alexa, what is the IMDb rating for [movie or TV show]?”
Get casting for a movie or show: “Alexa, who plays in [movie or TV show]?”
Find out who an actor is: “Alexa, who plays [character] in [movie or TV show]?”
Find an actor’s latest work: “Alexa, what is [actor]’s latest movie?”
Find out who sings a particular song: “Who sings the song [title]?”
Get the names of band members: “Who is in the band [name]?”
Get album information: “What year did [band] release [song or album]?”
Find popular music from an artist: “Alexa, what’s popular from [artist]?”
Sample music from an artist: “Alexa, sample songs by [artist].”
Find a particular album or song: “Alexa, find [song or album] by [artist].”
Amazon Alexa Commands for Basic Math
Convert units: “Alexa, how many [units] are in [units]?”
Convert units: “Alexa, how many [units] are in 5 [units]?”
Basic math: “Alexa, what’s 2 plus 8?” or, “Alexa, what’s 65 times 43?”
Amazon Alexa Commands for Advanced Math
“Alexa, 120 factorial.” (Note: Alexa will list numbers you didn’t know existed for about a minute.)
Amazon Alexa Commands for Definition and Spelling
Get the definition of a word: “Alexa, what’s the definition of [Charrucos]?”
Get the spelling of a word: “Alexa, how do you spell [diverse]?”
Amazon Alexa Commands for Sports
Check the results of a finished game: “Alexa, what was the score of the [team] game?”
Ask if a team won: “Alexa, did the [team] win?”
Ask when the next game is scheduled: “Alexa, when do the [team] play next?”
Find out the results of your favorite teams: “Alexa, give me my Sports Update.”
Amazon Alexa Commands for Purchasing
Reorder essentials from Amazon: “Alexa, buy more room freshener” or, “Alexa, reorder room freshener.”
Track packages from Amazon: “Alexa, where’s my stuff?” or, “Alexa, track my order.”
Order an Amazon Alexa device: “Alexa, order an Echo,” “Alexa, order an Echo Dot,” or, “Alexa, order an Amazon Tap.”
Add an item to your cart: “Alexa, add garbage bags to my cart.”
Order an Uber or Lyft with their skills: “Alexa, ask Uber to request a ride” or, “Alexa, ask Lyft for a ride.”
While listening to music in Amazon Music: “Alexa, buy this song” or, “Alexa, buy this album.”
Find new music to purchase: “Alexa, shop for new music by [artist].”
Purchase a song or album from an artist: “Alexa, buy [song or album] by [artist].”
Ask about deals: “Alexa, what are your deals?”
Amazon Alexa Commands for Voicecast
Send current listening to a Fire tablet: “Alexa, send that to my Fire tablet.”
Send to a different profile’s Fire tablet: “Alexa, show this on [name]’s Fire tablet.”
Amazon Alexa Commands to Configure Smart Home Platforms
Configure Alexa with many smart home devices such as SmartThings, Wink, Logitech Harmony, Lutron, Belkin WeMo, Philips Hue, and others.
Turn lights on or off: “Alexa, turn on the lights” or, “Alexa, turn off the living room lights.”
Dim the lights: “Alexa, dim the lights to 60 percent.”
Adjust temperature: “Alexa, raise the temperature 5 degree.”
Set temperature: “Alexa, set the temperature to 52.”
Lock your doors: “Alexa, lock my front door.”
Close your garage door: “Alexa, ask Garageio to close my garage.”
Discover smart home devices: “Alexa, discover my devices.”
Pair a Bluetooth device: “Alexa, pair” or, “Alexa, Bluetooth.”
Connect to a Bluetooth device: “Alexa, connect to my phone.”
Disconnect from a a Bluetooth device: “Alexa, disconnect from my phone.”
Use IFTTT recipes: “Alexa, trigger [IFTTT recipe].”
Activate a scene (limited to Control4, Insteon, Lutron Caséta Wireless, Philips Hue, SmartThings and Wink): “Alexa, turn on Movie Time” or, “Alexa, turn on Bedtime.”
Control GE appliances with the Geneva skill: “Alexa, tell Geneva to preheat my oven to 400 degrees” or, “Alexa, ask Geneva is my laundry is dry.”
Locate a lost phone with the TrackR Lost My Phone skill: “Alexa, ask TrackR to find my phone.”
Control the TV via Harmony hub: “Alexa, turn on the TV” or, “Alexa, turn on Amazon Prime.”
Amazon Alexa Commands for Profiles and User Accounts
Switch profiles: “Alexa, switch accounts.”
Check which profile is active: “Alexa, which profile is this?”
Amazon Alexa Commands for Skills
Enable skills: “Alexa, enable Teen Jeopardy!”
Disable skills: “Alexa, disable Pizza Hut.”
Amazon Alexa Commands for Search
Get Wikipedia information: “Alexa, Wikipedia: [subject].”
Tell Alexa to continue reading a Wikipedia entry: “Alexa, tell me more.”
Ask a general question: “Alexa, how tall is [person or object’s name]?”
Ask a general question: “Alexa, how many people live in the USA?”
Get a “Game of Thrones” quote: “Alexa, give me a ‘Game of Thrones’ quote.”
Amazon Alexa Commands for Different Things and Jokes
“Alexa, good morning.”
“Alexa, tell me a joke.”
“Alexa, tell me a fact.”
“Alexa, beam me up.”
“Alexa, set phasers to kill.”
“Alexa. Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.”
“Alexa, my name is Pathak Rajendra.”
“Alexa, I want the truth.”
“Alexa, party on, Wayne.”
“Alexa, show me the money.”
“Alexa, what’s the first (or second) rule of Cricket Match?”
“Alexa, surely you can’t be serious.”
“Alexa, are you SkyNet?”
“Alexa, party time!”
Alexa, who's the boss?
“Alexa, when am I going to die?”
“Alexa, what is your quest?”
“Alexa, nice to see you, to see you…”
“Alexa, don’t mention the war.”
“Alexa, this is a dead parrot.”
“Alexa, what is your cunning plan?”
”Alexa, are you horny?”
”Alexa, what is love?”
”Alexa, who's better you or Siri?”
”Alexa, I hate you.”
”Alexa, are you happy?”
”Alexa, do you love me?”
Amazon Alexa Greetings Commands
“Alexa, I’m home.”
“Alexa, I have a cold.” You will hear some comforting words from Alexa.
“Alexa, thanks!” Alexa will respond with, ‘You are welcome!’
“Alexa, Happy New Year.”
“Alexa, Happy Birthday.”
“Alexa, sing Happy Birthday.” You can celebrate your kids’ birthday parties by the birthday song sung by Alexa.
Alexa Translation Commands
Alexa can translate sentences from English to any other languages; for example, speak “Alexa, translate good night to Spanish”. Though Alexa doesn’t speak the translation aloud, you can find it in Alexa app.
Similarly, Alexa can translation sentences from other languages to English. “Alexa, translate buenas noches to English”. Here again, you will find the answer in Alexa app.
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